I had the chance to attend a cricket match last night while in Delhi. There is a short tournament between multiple nations going on in India right now and this gave me opportunity to see a double header. I have been seeing a lot of cricket on TV over here (it is practically the only sport that matters in India), but I still didn't fully understand the rules, scoring, and terminology. It was still a lot of fun, and I think I pretty have it figured out now after watching about 5 hours of it yesterday. Fortunately I got to see the home team, the Delhi Daredevils, play and so the crowd was packed out and fully engaged in the match.
The Daredevils batted first and their batsmen really crushed the oppositions' bowlers (pitchers). Along the way there were some exciting wickets, which is their term for an out when the bowler nails the pins behind the batsmen or when one of the team members catches a ball before it hits the ground.
All in all the sport is kinda similar to baseball, but a little slower and maybe a little less athletic. On TV it is kinda boring! That said, there were plenty enough activity to keep me entertained at the stadium including dancing, screaming, cheering Indians all around and lots and lots of fireworks. The stadium didn't skimp on the sound system either and I think I will have permanent hearing loss from last nights matches. Every time there was a lull in the action or a decent play they were blasting music and everyone would cheer and dance in a frenzy. Everyone was in a good mood because the home team really walloped 'em. And there were lots of cheerleaders around that would dance to the music and it was hilarious to see how these Indian boys go crazy for white women with blonde hair and short skirts. Every time the girls were performing there must have been 10,000 drooling boys staring at them and nearly as many cell phones taking pictures or capturing videos. The young men and boys here act like 14 y/o Americans when it comes to women. They have no clue! All in all the cricket was good, cheap fun and I would be willing to go back and catch another match should the occasion arise.
The Daredevils batted first and their batsmen really crushed the oppositions' bowlers (pitchers). Along the way there were some exciting wickets, which is their term for an out when the bowler nails the pins behind the batsmen or when one of the team members catches a ball before it hits the ground.
All in all the sport is kinda similar to baseball, but a little slower and maybe a little less athletic. On TV it is kinda boring! That said, there were plenty enough activity to keep me entertained at the stadium including dancing, screaming, cheering Indians all around and lots and lots of fireworks. The stadium didn't skimp on the sound system either and I think I will have permanent hearing loss from last nights matches. Every time there was a lull in the action or a decent play they were blasting music and everyone would cheer and dance in a frenzy. Everyone was in a good mood because the home team really walloped 'em. And there were lots of cheerleaders around that would dance to the music and it was hilarious to see how these Indian boys go crazy for white women with blonde hair and short skirts. Every time the girls were performing there must have been 10,000 drooling boys staring at them and nearly as many cell phones taking pictures or capturing videos. The young men and boys here act like 14 y/o Americans when it comes to women. They have no clue! All in all the cricket was good, cheap fun and I would be willing to go back and catch another match should the occasion arise.
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